When we went on our honeymoon a year ago we had the most relaxing vacation ever! We never set an alarm and spent a majority of our days at the pool or the beach. It was awesome! We wanted our 1st year anniversary vacation to be a little bit different. And different it was! This vacation was full of a lot of firsts for me. I have never been to the Grand Canyon and that was our first stop. I hadn't ever been to the Hoover Dam, which was our second stop. I had never taken a kayaking trip on the Colorado River which was our third stop. I have been to Vegas though which was our fourth stop! All of this in just 4 days! We were busy busy people! :)
I will start off with the Grand Canyon since that was stop number 1. It only took us about 7 hours to get there from our house, and that's including an hour to stop and gas up and eat in Kingman. Kingman is where Lance's grandma used to live. Kingman is also great because it has a Chuy's!!! I only get my Chuy's fix when I go to Arizona and even then, not always. I think the last time I had Chuy's was for my Bachelorette party when I went to Spring Training! Alright, enough about Chuy's......I just really wish they had one in the OC! :)
After checking into our hotel in Tusayan we headed into the National Forest to check out the Grand Canyon. We had to put on warmer clothes since we were both in t-shirts and flip flops and it was freezing when we got to the GC! 
I'm really glad we went Friday evening to check out the GC because we had some awesome clouds out there. I know the clouds in the above picture don't look so great, but they moved through (without raining on us thankfully!) and left us with some absolutely breath taking views.
Here I am reading a sign about 2 brother photographers who built their house/photography studio right on the side of the cliff. And there weren't kidding. On the other side of that railing is certain death. I'm pretty sure that's not a house I would want to live in. Gusty winds would make me think we were heading over! I'll post a picture of the house/studio tomorrow.
I would however like to live at the El Tovar! It's set a little further back but still has amazing views. We really wanted to stay at the El Tovar while we were in the GC, but they were all booked. I'm guessing you probably have to make your reservations there many many months if not years in advance!
When we walked out of the El Tovar we saw some deer come straight up the side of the mountain to start eating some of the grass. It was the craziest thing ever! I've never been so close to deer!
And finally, some pictures of us!
I can see why so many people travel to the GC. It's so beautiful. We could have spent hours there just taking it all in.......but we were freezing, so as the sun got closer to setting, it was time for us to head indoors!
Next entry will be our hike down into the canyon!
Love,
Suzanne
1 comment:
Those pictures look familiar! I'm glad you enjoyed Ronnie's favorite place on earth.
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